Thi Day in History - May 19
Posted: Mon May 19, 2003 11:22 am
(No big news here...just a quick history lesson 
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On May 19
1568 - After being defeated by the Protestants, Mary Queen of Scots fled to England where she was imprisoned by Queen Elizabeth.
1643 - The French army defeated a Spanish army at Rocroi, France.
1858 - A pro-slavery band led by Charles Hameton executed unarmed Free State men near Marais des Cygnes on the Kansas-Missouri border.
1865 - Confederate President Jefferson Davis was captured by the Union Cavalry in Georgia.
1911 - The first American criminal conviction that was based on fingerprint evidence occurred in New York City.
1943 - Winston Churchill told the U.S. Congress that his country was pledging their full support in the war against Japan.
1954 - Racially segregrated public schools were declared inherently unequal by the U.S. Supreme Court. (Brown vs. the Board of Education)
1964 - U.S. diplomats found about 40 microphones planted in the U.S. Embassy in Moscow.
1967 - The Soviet Union ratified a treaty with the United States and Britain that banned nuclear weapons in outer space.
1967 - U.S. planes bombed Hanoi for the first time.
1992 - In Massapequa, N.Y., Mary Jo Buttafuoco was shot and seriously wounded by her husband Joey's teen-age lover, Amy Fisher.
1992 - The 27th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution went into effect. The Amendment prohibits Congress from giving itself midterm pay raises.
1994 - Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis died in New York at age 64.
1998 - Bandits stole three of Rome's most important paintings from the National Gallery of Modern Art.
1999 - "Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace" was released in the U.S. It set a new record for opening day sales at 28.5 million.
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On May 19
1568 - After being defeated by the Protestants, Mary Queen of Scots fled to England where she was imprisoned by Queen Elizabeth.
1643 - The French army defeated a Spanish army at Rocroi, France.
1858 - A pro-slavery band led by Charles Hameton executed unarmed Free State men near Marais des Cygnes on the Kansas-Missouri border.
1865 - Confederate President Jefferson Davis was captured by the Union Cavalry in Georgia.
1911 - The first American criminal conviction that was based on fingerprint evidence occurred in New York City.
1943 - Winston Churchill told the U.S. Congress that his country was pledging their full support in the war against Japan.
1954 - Racially segregrated public schools were declared inherently unequal by the U.S. Supreme Court. (Brown vs. the Board of Education)
1964 - U.S. diplomats found about 40 microphones planted in the U.S. Embassy in Moscow.
1967 - The Soviet Union ratified a treaty with the United States and Britain that banned nuclear weapons in outer space.
1967 - U.S. planes bombed Hanoi for the first time.
1992 - In Massapequa, N.Y., Mary Jo Buttafuoco was shot and seriously wounded by her husband Joey's teen-age lover, Amy Fisher.
1992 - The 27th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution went into effect. The Amendment prohibits Congress from giving itself midterm pay raises.
1994 - Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis died in New York at age 64.
1998 - Bandits stole three of Rome's most important paintings from the National Gallery of Modern Art.
1999 - "Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace" was released in the U.S. It set a new record for opening day sales at 28.5 million.